101st Airborne arive at St. Marcouf, D-Day
A group of paratroopers with 101st Airborne move into St. Marcouf near Utah Beach, France. From here they will move on into the continent accomplishing their assigned objectives on June 6, 1944.

101st Airborne enter St. Marcouf, Utah Beach
A group of paratroopers from the 101st. Airborne enter at St. Marcouf, Utah Beach, France. From here they will move on into the continent accomplishing their assigned objectives on June 6, 1944.

101st Airborne in C-47, D-Day
Troops from the 101st Airborne with full packs and bazooka, in a C-47 transport over the English Channel just before the drop behind enemy lines in Normandy, France for "Operation Chicago"
The division, as part of the VII Corps assault, jumped in the dark morning before H-Hour to seize positions west of Utah Beach. As the assault force approached the French coast, it encountered fog and antiaircraft fire, which forced some of the planes to break formation. Paratroopers from both the 82d and 101st Airborne Divisions missed their landing zones and were scattered over wide areas.
From 0015 in the darkness of June 6, 1944, when Capt. Frank L. Lillyman, Skaneateles, N.Y., leader of the Pathfinder group, became the first Allied soldier to touch French soil, and for 33 successive days the 101st Airborne carried the attack to the enemy.

105mm howitzer with 32nd Field Artillery
This Howitzer of 105mm was prepared for the operation amphibian It is a part of the 32nd Field Artillery and it bears the names Troina and Oran. The yellow rectangle also painted on the shield and which appear also in the center of white star of other machines of the U.S. First Division. This could be a tactical sign, in which case C the battery C would indicate.
The principal cylinder head and elements were sealed with the assistance one asbestos paste, which will have to be completely withdrawn before the shooting. The artillerist perched on the gun is fron First Division "Big Red One", his badge on the helmet. Preparations for Operation Overlord.

1st Division lands on Omaha beach
U.S. Army 116th Regimental Combat Team, U.S. 1st Division, landing on Omaha beach. When the first wave landed at 6:30 a.m., the men found that naval gunfire and air bombardments had not softened German defenses or resistance. Omaha Beach, Normandy. June 6,1944.

1st Infantry Division lands on Omaha beach
First wave of troops from U.S. Army 116th Regimental Combat Team 1st Infantry Division unloading at Omaha beach.
The troops found that naval gunfire and air bombardments had not softened German defenses or resistance. The first units try to land, but are cut down heavy fire from the Germans on Omaha Beach, June 6,1944.

1st Infantry Division near Omaha beach
Troops from the U.S. 1st Infantry Division on on board a USCG cutter, smoke on the cliff from the attack by the Navy. Also LCI on fire from German artillery at Omaha beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944.

1st Infantry Division on Omaha Beach, Fox Red sector
Under Wn 60 with the foot of cliff of Colleville on Sea at Omaha Beach, Fox Red sector on the right of Fox Green and F-1 sector of L/16th IR of 1st Infantry Division. These soldiers use the cliff fo shelter of German fire, D-Day, June 6, 1944.

1st U.S. Infantry Division on a narrow strip at Omaha Beach "D-Day"
American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, assemble on a narrow strip at Omaha Beach before moving into the interior of the continent, near Collville-Sur-Mer, France. Additional infantrymen disembark from landing craft on the right. 6 June 1944.

4th Infantry Division lands on Utah Beach
4th Infantry Division unloads on Utah Beach from U.S. Coast Gaurd LCI, destroyed vehicles and body's lie all over beach. Casualties on Utah Beach, the westernmost landing zone, were the lightest of any beach with 197 out of roughly 23,000 troops landed.
4th Infantry Division found themselves in the wrong positions due to a current that pushed their landing craft to the southeast. Instead of landing at Tare Green and Uncle Red sectors, they came ashore at Victor sector, which was lightly defended. Relatively little German opposition was encountered. Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt Jr, the Asst. Commander of 4th Division, was famous for stating "We'll start the war from right here."

5th ESB load supplies for Operation Overlord
5th ESB embark in the hold of a LCT for the crossing of the English Channel, Omaha beach. Life belts were tied up on the stretchers to guarantee their recovery on the beach. The mark of neutrality not on the helmets and the arm-band with the Red Croix is not on, without it being known why?

612th Tank Battalion unloading on Mulberry "A" Omaha Beach
Halftrack with 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion assigned to 2nd Infantry Division, unloading on Mulberry "A" Omaha Beach. In the background you can see the two Lobnitz quays laid out in "T" with five tug boats on the right, June 16, 1944.

6th Canadian Armoured Regiment "1st Hussars" Juno Beach
The 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment "1st Hussars" and The Queen's Own "Rifles of Canada" head to Juno Beach. The first wave suffered 50% casualties, the second highest of the five D-Day beachheads, June 6, 1944.
The use of armour was successful at Juno, in some instances actually landing ahead of the infantry as intended and helping clear a path inland. Despite the obstacles, within hours the Canadians were off the beach and beginning their advance inland.